Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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~IJ i~O~IUVQ rela~e~ to ol~fln polym~rlzat~on
5 cataly~t~ an~ method~ a~d, more par~icul~rly, tbe
inventlon relate~ to s~port~d olo~ln polymer~tion
cataly~ts havlng multlple aat~ly~lc slt~ tha~ aro capible
of producln~ product polymor ha~in~ bro~d or multlmo~al
~olecular wel~ht ~istributlon~ ln a ~lngle reaotor, and
10 proce~e~ ~or makin~ ~u~ polymo~.
Polyolefin~, ~uc4 a~ hlgh donJlty ~olyet~yl~ne
(~DP~), hav~ng broad, and prefe~ably multimod~l le~g.,
~imu~al) moleaular weight dl~trlbutlon~ ("MW~8") ~rO
u~e~ul for hlgh molec~l~r welght fllm and blow moldlng
15 ap~lication~. Prlo~ syste~ for the ~repar~tion o~ ~uch
~oly~er~ have utillsed multiplQ r~aator~ or ~atalyot~
w~hich ~omp~ mlxture~ of lndivi~ual oat~ly~tJ intend~d
to p~o~uce poly~ers of dlfferln~ mol-cular wel~h~J.
In multl-r~acto~ ~ystem4, t~ olefl~ or olef~n~
20 are ~equen~ially poly~erl~ed ~n r~actor~ ~onta~n~ng
cataly~t~ Xnown to produ~e polym~x~ ha~lng r-latlvely low
nd r~l~t~o~y hlgh mol~cul~r w~lght~, ~n an attempt to
~roduce a product polym~r m~x havlng ~ broa~ or multlmod~l
mol-cular ~-igh~ dl~trlbutlon.
In ~ome ca~e~, attempt~ ha~o baen mad to
pro~uce a bro~d or multlmo~al ~W~ pr~u~t polym~ ln a
Jlngl~ reaator uslng a m~xtu~e of two ~or more) supportod
a~taly~tr, oach o~ ch ~8 k~own to produoe ~
h~ving a t~rget a~age mol~cular w-lght whlc~ di~fers
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slgnificantly frorn ~hat produced by th~ other of the
cataly~. The~e attempt~ havo m-t wlt~ on~y limlted
suc~e~s ~or a varioty of rea~on~.
One characteri~tlc of prior mixet oatalyJt
5 ~y~ems 18 that polymer~ o~ dlff~rent ~nol~cular wel~2~t~
arc ~orm~d ~y ~op4rate Gatalys~c partiale~"dhlch may l~nlt
mixlng of polymer~ form~d by ~uch ~y~tems~
~ e pre6ent lnvention relates to a oolld
cat3,1y~t cc~npon~nt actlve ln combinatlon wlth a ~ult~le
10 cocataly~t, and o~tlonally ~ modlf~-r, in polym~ri~i~g 1-
olef~n~ comp~isin~ ~eins prep~r~d by aoAt~ct~n~ of
partiales of 4 ~olld ~upport matorlal wlt~ a t~tr~val~nt
~irconium carr~pound o~ cornplex und.er aonditlo~s wher~l~
sald oom~ound or som~le~c reactR with or proclpitat~ on
15 t~le JUr~A~e of ~aid ~upport matertal and Jub-e~u ntly
re~ot~n~ the r~ultant r~ation produkt wlt~ ~. tit~iu~ or
vana~um con~oun4 to provldo a du~ t~ t81yr~ ;
c~mponent fre~ of ~po~ited magne~lum valu~
Aaaoraln~ to th~ pre~ent inY~ntlon, a Jupt~orte~
20 ~olld o~t-ly~t aomponen~ us~ful for maklng broad or
tault~ 1 ~D ~lymer~ in a single rewtor ~ prov~de~.
Th~ oat-lyl~t ~r-~ent- mult~ple catal~ o trans~tlon ~t~l ;
~ocle~ ~upporte~ on t~e 8~n~ partlalo and n~le~
~S~clen~, readlly controllabla polym~is~tlon of on~ or
25 more l-ol~SlnJ $n ~ s~ngle reactor und~r a varl-ty o~
con~ltlon~.
Tbo ~olld astalyot eomponen~ of t~ inv~nt~on iJ
~Ctlv~ ln co~natlon wlth ~ eulta~l~ c~ba~ly-t ~n~, 4n
~1411~ C~AI~O~, ~n conb~natlon wlth a ~ultablo cocatalys~ ~nd
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1 a modifier, in polymerizing 1-ole1ns, and 1~ prep~d by
~ontaatlng particle~ of a solld ~upport ma~erl~l with
zi~conium oompound or complex under condl~lon~ wh~by th~
~oonium co~pound or complex r~act~ with or prsciplta~e~
5 on ~he ~urf~ce of the 8upp4rt materlal, optionally
~ollowed by contacting tho reJultlng pro~uct wlth a L~wl~
acid to produce an intermediat~ product. Th~ ~upport-
~elrconlum aompound or complex or th~ lnte~m-diat~ product
ie p~efora~ly isolated and w~hed to remov~ ~olubla
10 reactlon by-p~oduct~, and in an ev~nt 1~ reactod w~th ~ -
compound of tltanium o~ van~dlum ~o produce ~ 8011
cataly~t ::omponent.
When aomblned wlth a ~ultable cocataly~t or a
~ult~ble co~at~ly~t ~nd a 6ultab1e modl~lor, ~
15 ~ppropriate, tho ~o~id cat~lyet aomponent forma a oataly~t
~tem w~ch 1~ u~ef~l ~n poly~erl~l~g l-ol~fln~.
A method of produclng polyol~f~n~ by
polymerl~ln~ l-olefln~ by con~act with th~ ~-talyst 6y~tem
un~er polymerlzl~g con~lt~on~ ~ al~o provi~e~.
Tbo cataly~t ~omponent, oataly~t ~y~tem, and
~vlym~ tlon methoa or tne lnvention sllow tha
pr-psration of polyol~f~no havi~g broad or multlmodal
mol-cu~r w~ht ai~trlbut~on~ In a s~n~le ~eactor. Som~ I
~orm~ o~ the lnventive a~talyst system ~re ~-p~ lly
25 re~ponstve to the pro~co of hydro~en, ~or re~y aontrol
o~ m~l0cula~ we~
~ lneo hi~h ~nd low molecul~r w~l~ht polymoro ar-
~orm~d ~y tho ~-me cataly~t ~artiol~, polymer ~xl~g
o~ur~ ~t th- molo~ul4r o~ near mol-cular l wel, whlc~ 1
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1 bell~ved to h~ve A bonefiolal e~ect on polymer
pro~ertles.
In ~he present lnventlon, it 18 de-lrable ~hat
in the cataly~t oomponent-~onmlng reactlng ~qu~nce that
5 th~ ~irconiwm co~paund or complex koe ~is-t conta~t d wi~h
the ~oll~ ~pport mate~ , an~ tho 8Up~ort mat~rtal, I
prlor to reactlng with the zi~conium compound or aomplex,
~hould b~ free of ~ny prior cat~lytlc me~all~o t~poslticn
or reactlon intend~d to~pro~uae a aataly~t oomponent or
10 a~taly~t. ~hen, ln ~he prefexr~d ~o~m of th~ ~nv~ntion,
tho aataly~t ~omponent i~ po~se~ed of a dual slt~ fr~a D~
ma~nes~um value~.
Acco~dln~ to t~e ~nven~lon, ~ Jol~d cat~ly~t
component aot~ve ~n comb~nation wlth a ~u4~db1e aoca~a~y~t
15 or a ~ultable co~at~lyat ~nd a modifier ln ~olym~rlz~ng
one or more l-olefln~ i8 pxepared by a method includlng
the followln~ ~teps.
(~ contaotin~ ~art~al~ of a solld ~upport
mater~al with ~ ~iraoniu~ ~om~ound or eompl-x un~r
20 con~tion~ whor-~y th~ ~lrconlum ocmpound or ~omplex
r~cta with or ~re~ipitate~ on th~ ur~ac~ o~ th~ upport
m~t-~lalJ
~b) optionally contacting ~ho ~roduet of ~te~
1~) wlth a ~ewl~ ~cld ta p~oduce ~n inte~mediate produat~
~c) optionAlly l~olating and wa~hin~ th-
~ro~uct o~ ~t~ ~a) or ~he lnterm~diato product o~ ~t~p
(b) to r~move ~oluble reaet~on by-~r~ducts the~efrom~ and,
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1 (d) r~tiny th~ pro~uct o~ ~tep ~a), (b) or
t~) wlth a eo~pound of ti~anlum or v~nadium to ~rodueo a
~oli~ e~talytle ~rodu~t.
In preferre~ fo~mo, the ~lroonium ~ompo~nd or
5 complex ~nd the T~w~e aela form a reaetlon produet whleh
~nd8 to or proolp~tates on tne ~uppor~ urf~ae. Furthex,
ln ~r~e~re~ roL",~, th~ lnte~mo~lat~ pro~us~ o~ 5~ b)
i~ eontaeted wlth an alkylat1ng a~ent prior to Bt~p ~a).
Th~ ~rconium a~mpound-~r o~mp~x io Fr~rar~b~y
1L~:U~1W~ ound, ~uah ~J ~ Lali~, anrl
or alkaryl eompound. Suitablo tetrav~lont ~lreonlum
eompou~d~ ~nd eomplexes lnelud~ totr~bQn~yl ~lr~onium (~
homolepti~ orgsno~lreon~ um materlal ~, Zr t O~ R~ OH)~,
where R ~n~ Rl ~r~ lndep~nd~ntly C,~C,O lpr-f~r~ly Cl-
'15 CIO~ highly ~roferably CL-C4) alkyl, Anrl or alkaryl
~roups ul~ x ~e sero or a ~ v~ lnt~r an~ alko~
alkyl, aryl or .lkaryl halid-e Buch aB ~r~X~_, or
Zr~Oa)~,X._,. lR~OH)"
wh~r~ a 1~ ~-ro or ~ ltive lnt~or o~ 1 to 4,
20 lnoluelve, ~n~ X ~ h~lo~en, p~fer~bly chlor~ne and X 10
~soro o~ a yorltiv~ nun~er. ~r~se~rc~ ~lKOXy nalid~
irtclu4e those o~ the s~ormula ZrtOR).Cl~.
S~ci~ia u~eful compound~ include ZrCl~,
Zr( OC4~ CL~, an~ 2~ H,)~ l C~,OH).
In th~ ca~e o~ ~rconlum allcoxide~ of th~
fonnula ZrlOR)~ lR~OE~)" b~tw~e~ O and about 3 molee of C -
C;IO (pro~e~ C, C~ O ~ and hlghly prderably Ca--C~ )
alcohol~ lgene~,lly ~n a~-rage d ~bout l.S mol~) ar~
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1 typieally ~omplexed wlth eAch mol~ of tho zireonium
alkoxide.
Tetr~butoxy z~reonlum and tetrapropoxy ~lreon~um
con~ound~ anO~ complex~o are pr~f-rr~d.
~etr~ben~yl zireonium an~ oth~r homole~tl~
~ zl~onium aomplexe~ are ~referAbly u~od ~n
comb~n~t~bn with halog~nat~a vanadlum aompound~ an~ an
inor~anlc ~upport mat~rial. Te~raben~yl ~irconiu~
gener~lly pro~idoo polymer having ~l~her molt ln~exeJ th-n
10 pro~ucts o~talned with oth~rwlJ~ ~milar eat~ly~t~ not
u~ln~ hamol~ptic~ organo~lrconlum oo~lexo-.
The ~tep of eont~eti~ tha 4011d ~upport
part~ale- with the ~lreonium ~ompound or oo~pl-x lo
convenle~tly ~nd ~re$e~sbly carrl~ out ln the pr~ence of
15 an ~nert hy~rocarbon llquld, ~uch as heptane, in whloh tho
~iraonium compoun~ or complex 1- olubl~.
Th~ amount o~ ~lrconium aompoun~ or compl~x
aontact~d with th- ~up~ort may v~ry ~ro~ great~r than 0 to
bout ~ ~010~ of slrconlum compound or compl-x p~r gr~m
20 of upport mat~ l, aAd 1~ preforably abo~t 1 ~mol~
~lroonlum ~ompound or compl~x per ~ra~ of ~uppo~t. Th~
s~ct~on 1~ p~era~ly carriod out at room tem~er~tu~e ~ut
may be a-r~le~ ou~ at any convenlent temporatur- lower
than tho boilln~ point of the ~olvent or the doccmpooltlon
25 t~m~ uro of any complex ~orme~ ~urln~ th reaction. An
el~vat d t~m~oratu~e of 60-C. i~ ~ul~-bl-.
~o contact pro~uct ob~alnoa ~y cont~ati~g th~
~u~port mator~al w~th tho zi~con~um oompoun~ or ~omplex 1~ ;
~r-~orably thon contaat~d wlth one or mo~e L~J a~ to
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1 produco ~n intermedlate product. Th~ x~actlon 1~
preferably carried ou~ in an inort hydrocarbon m~dium,
hlqhly pr~erably ~n the re~a~lon mixture obtained 4rom
ehe f~st ~t~p. Pr~ferably, a mola~ ox~ of th Lewls
5 a~id wlth re~peat to the z~raonlum compound or ~omple~ 1
u~
Th~ Lowl~ a¢id 1~ pra~es~bly ~el~otat from the
group consi~ing o~ the metallic hall~e~, organomot~ c
hallde~, c~pound~ o~ the ~ormula SiX~R~ wh~r~ b io an
10 lnteger ~rom 1 to 4, inclu~ive, R~ i~ hydro~en or an alkyl
group of 1 ~o 10 carbon a~om~, and X 1~ haloqen,
~rofe~ably chlorin~, and ~ixture~ o~ the forego~g. t
Preferred Lewl~ a¢ids include oompound~t oi th~
follow~ng form~l~s wher~in X i~ h~o~n, ~re~ably
15 ohlorln~ SiX~ oAlX~_~ w~ero R~ 1~ an alkyl ~r~p of 1
to 10 c~rbon aton~t and a 1~ 1 or 2~ R~Al~X~ wher~ Rs 1
an alkyl group o~ ~ to 4 oarbon ~toms~ MX~ wh~e M i~ a
m~t~l an~ a 1~ the valonc~ ~ M. gultabl~ alkyl ~luminwm
hall~ inaludo ~'AlCl~ ~e.g., ethyl~luminum dlc~lorl~e,
20 EADC) ~'~AlCl (~.g., dl~thylalumln~m ahlori~e, DBAC), ~nd
R~Al,Cl~ (e.~ thylalum~nu~ ~o~qulchlor~d~, ~A~C). A
u~oful me~l halldo 1~ ~Cl~. !
Th~ ~ewl~ aal~ accomp~ e~ ono or ~or~ I
~unct~a~, inolud~ng llgand e~ahango wlth th~ ~lraonlum
2~ moloty of ~he ~u~port~zirconlum ooflpoun~ or oo~plex
contaot produ~t, preforably to h~log~at~ the ~lrconlum
mo~oty~ ~uch l~gand oxchange with th~ 21rconium ~o~
~-nor~lly imp~ovo~ the aotlvlty thor~of a~ th~ number of
~roon~um-h~lld bont- lnc~eas~
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If the ~lroonium com~lex ~nalude~ aloohol,
exce~ free ~nd ooordlnate~ ~loohol may ~0 r-mo~ d l~y
reaction wlth the I,ewi~ acld to 7roduce a solu~lq reactlon
product whlch may be r~moved ~n a ~uba~guon~ fll~ratlon
5 and waoh ~top~
In ~ome ca~s, the l.ewi~ aaid ~u~c~ion~ ~o
~mprove the hydrogen r~ponse of th~ ultimate c~atAlyst.
The ~ewiJ aoid 18 pr~fer~bly u~ed ln molar
exces~ wlth re~p~ct to the amoun~ of ~iroonlu~n ln the
10 contaat ~roduct, and prefer~ly at ~ mol~r ratio o~ about
2 to about 10 mole~ o~ L~wi~ acld ~r mole of ~irconium
con~pound or comple~ he re~ct~on between tho T~owi~ acid
and th~ ~rconium compound or con~lox can be carri~ out
at room tem~er~ture (e.g., a~out 25~C.) or, if deJlrsd, at
1~ an ~lovat~d te3npera~cure le.g., 60~C) u~ ~o the
d~com~a~tion t ~ q~ature of ~h~ roaata~t~ reaction
te ~norea~o~ wlth lncr~ing t~mperatur~.
The ~ol~d ~upport mat~rlal i~ ~r~ferably, but
n~e~ not b~, ~orous, a~d may be r~aotlY~ or non-r~aatlve
20 wlth the ~lrconium aompoun~ or ompl-x or th- r-~ct~on
produot o~ ~h~ ~ewl~ acid ~n~ the ~lrconium ~ompoun~ or
complox. Non-r-active ~upport~ ar~ tho-~ which ~111
~upport a pr~cl~1tat~ ~olid zircon um compound or
complexlLewi~ acld reaction pro~u~, whll~ a reaotlve
25 ~upport may be one whioh ha~ r~active ~urf~co hydroxyl or
oxld~ ~roups.
Sult~bl~ au~port m~t~rl~l~ lnalu~o MgO, MgCl.,
~lumln~/ and ~illca or ~illca/~lumlna havlng th~ ~0n~ral
~ormul4 ~lO. hAl,0. wh~r~ln h ~ tgpl~lly 0 to bo~t ~.
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1 ~u~table 3uppart materials in~ludo MgO, MgCl~,
alumlna, and 4ilica or ~tlica/~lum~n~ hav~ng th~ gen~ral
formul~ SiO, hAl~O, wh~r~in h 18 typlc~lly 0 to abou~ 2.
If a ~lica ~uppo~ u~od, lt may be Galcined
5 at an ~leva~ed tempera~ure ~.g., 200-~00~C.) ~rlor to
use .
If de~lred, the support may be porous wlth a
high sur~ace area.
The lntermedlate product obtained by sontaating
10 the Lewis acid with ~he support materiallzir~onlum
compound or complex contact product i8 op~ianally reacted
wit~ an al~ylatlng a~ent in or~r to lmprove, or further
~mprove, catal~at cha~ac~erlstlc~ ~nclud~ng hydro~en
re~ponse and activlty. A lar~e molar ex~e~s c~ the
15 alkylatlng agen~ with respeat to ælrconlum 1~ n~t needed,
but a mol-r ratlo of a~out 1 to abcut 2 moles o~
alkyla~lng agent to mole of zlrconlum ~ prsf~rr~.
Suitable a~ylating a~ent~ lnolud~ trlalkyl
alumlnum, dlalkyl magno~um, and ~ial~yl ~inc ¢c~po~nd~
20 ~ L~t~lyl ~ u.
~ n prac~ice, ~his ~tep i~ u~ually ca~ied ou~ at
a moderately ~le~ted temporatur~ such a~ 60~, although
th~ ~empera~ure ic not critical. Reactlon tlme~ o~ le~s
than a~o~t one houx ~re ~referred, ~l~¢e long r~a~on
2~ u~:~ m~y ~dv~:r~ ~ect reActl~ tyr hy~r~ en re~on~o,
~n~/br the~ tability.
Re~rdle~ of wh~ther the alkylatlng ~tep 1
carrled out followin~ form~tlon of th~ interm~ t~
produot, ~he i~e~meaiate produa~ (or, i~ no Lewis acid
3~ has been introduced, the supported zirconium compound or
complex) is preferably, but not necessarily, isolated and
optionally may be washed to remove soluble or dispersible
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ction ~y-prbd~cts thare~rom. Th~s~ ~ep3 may enh~n¢e
rca~tl~ y an~ mlnlml~e or elimin~te r~ac~o~ ~o~llin~ in
slu~ry reaction prccedurl3~ by removin~ ~olubl~ ~peal~s of
~ lU~lUCtl~, 8alle ol~ wnioh may ~w act~ve. such active
5 8peal~s may lnalude t~an itlon me~cal alXoxlde~ whiah s~n
.c~ as ollg~mer~z~tion catalys~ under ~om~ ~ondlt~oT~s.
TA~ isolatlon or separat~on ~t~p may b~ carrie~
o~ by ~ny ~onY~nlet~; m~an~ ~uan 4~ ~y fll~ration~
de~antation, centrl~uging, or ~ublimation, e~ d~;ired.
~0 washlng i~ conveniently ef~e~d by tho u~e of ~n ~ne~t
ll~uld. hyarocarbo~, Juch as hept~ne.
The wasbed or unwa~hed ln~ertncdlate pr~duc~ or
~u~ort~d ;~rcon~ compound ~r compl~x i~ then contac~ed
wlth ~ compoun~ ~ tltanium or ~aAadium ~o pro~ue~ a solid
5 catalyst aomponent. ~his step i~ pro~er~bly cArrled ou~
~ lnerl llqu1a hydrOcar~on med~um, A~ by re~lurrying
tho s~ torm-di~te produot in hoptane or ~nother
hyd~ooa~bon. ~ ~uoh th~ titan~um oo~pound 1~ on~ wbich
18 ohO8-n tb be dl~persi~ r, p~ferably, ~oluble ln the
~o I~ L~on m-alum. ~u~h compou~ds ~nclud~ t~tE~v~lent
v~naalum com~ound~ ~uch aa ~an~d~um te~reohlorl~ cl~),
nd ~+- compounds ~uch a~ vanadyl chlor~de ~OCl,).
Sultable compound~ ln~lud~ tetr~v~lont tlt~hlum compound~
of t~e ~ormula ~110R~)~X~_., an~ van~dium aompound~ o~
2~ g~nera~ o~mula~ ~o~R~)~X~_~, and Y~o~ x~ nd
~xturo~ thereo~, ~herein ~ach R~ lo the ~ame or dl~ferent
alXyl group o~ 1-20 a~r~on ~tom4, o ~nd g are e~ch ~oro or
an lh~eg~r of 1 ~o 4 lnaluslve, ~ 1~ zoro ox,an lntage~ of
a Lu ~, ~nclu~lvo, and X i~ halogen, pr~fera~ly chlorlne.
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1 ~ o~ ~20 carbon ato~~ L ~L..-~c =~o=o~
an inte~er ~ ~ i5 z~ro or ~n int~ger of
l ~ v~ ~nd X i
Tl,Cl~ is an esp~cially ~ultabls tit~niu~ ~ompouhd~
5 Ha~ogen~ted titanlum and v~nadi~m ~ompound~ are ~re~crred
rO~ convemen~.
Where lt 1B de~ir~d to aarr~ out the v~nadium
reacti~n in a hy~o~ar~on ~olvent, hydrocar~on ~oluble
~anadlum compound~ aro pr~erred~ v~' and V~ a~mpounds
10 ~re hyd~o~Ar~vl~ ~olubls, ana ar~ pr~forr~ rl~alent
vanaa~m csmpound~ gene~ally a~o no~ hyd~o~ar~on ~oluble.
Ve~nadiuJn ¢ompound~ o~ any valan~- ct~n b6 u~ed~ how~ve~.
D~ R~t v~adium compound~, how~er, beha
di~ferently ln tha inv~ntl~e cataly~t~ VCl~ ~rovid
15 broader MWD than doR~ VOC~,, whll~ VOCl~ pr~vlde-~ hiyhe~
reaatlvity, ln ~eneral.
VCl~ an~ VOC1J ma~ ~e used ln m~x~ure~ of f~om 0
to 100% o~ ~itho~ compo~nd to "tune~' (i.e~, ~d~u~t) the
--vl~la~ w~lgn~ a~strlDu~lOn ~ d~lred.
~0 Th~ relatlvs rat~o of van~dlum or titanium ~o
zlrconlum a~c~ th~ moleoular wolgh~ dl~trlb~tlon o~
pro~t nd tho 80tlVlty of the oa~8~y6t. An i~cxe ln
tho ratio g~ner~lly incr~a~e~ ac~lvity, whllo lead~g to a
n~rrower moloecular weight di~tributlon.
2~ ~he reaction b~tw~on tho ~itanium or ~an~dlum
compoun~ ~nd tho ~olld lntorm~d~t~ pro~u~t 1B ve~y rapid,
And ~n olcvated r~action t-mper~tur~ 1~ not n~ce~sasy.
Casryln~ out ~h~ re~ctlon At room tomp-~ature und~r
~tlrrlng 1~ oonvenlon~.
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I~ ~tc1.4 iS u~ed Ag a reaatan~, it 19 pre~erabïy
~d~d as a dilute (0.1-O.SM) s~ tion ln h~ptane ~vr o~her
hydro~ar~on d~lu~n~c) b~c~u~ V~14 i~ ralatlvely unstable,
and has o. tendenay to dispropoEtioll4.t~a to ~C13~ whlch i~
5 ln~olul;~le ln hydro~arbon~. Thl~ t~nd~noy `53 le~ ln
solutlon, e6~E~a~lly dllute solu~lo~.
Thç r~t~o o~ the ti~anium or van~di~ ompound
~o the ~uppo~t materlal i8 ~id~ly varl~le, ~nd 1
pre~orably ln ths r~nge of abou~c 0.01 ~ about ~ mol~ o~
10 titanlwn c~ v~nadlum c~npo~nd por gr~m o~ ~upport
materl~l.
Follow~ng reaat~on wi~h th0 ~i'cæn~ x vcn~ad~um
compound where, a~ pre~erred, 'che r~actlon io a~r;~l~d out
ln ~n lno~ uid hydrooarbon m~dlumJ the x~ult~n~
15 c~talyat a~mpon~t ~ separated ~rom the ~yd~ocnrbon
mo~-um ( a~ by fll'cratlon, dry~ ng at room 'camp~ratu~e~
dleplaa~nent o~ ~olvent by a lower boilin~ point ~olvent,
~tc,l It may thu~ b~ dævolati~od to produqe ~ dry, ~ree-
~lowlng aataly~ ~omponent. Any con~ni~nt ~e~p~ra~ure up
20 to the catalyst d~ompo~ltion tomperaturQ m~ b~ utlll~e~
for devolatlzatlon~
By the forego~ng proccdure, a multiple
~ansitlon metal 61to ole$1n polyme~sation aataly3t
component 1~ p~arQd. lt i~ bellev~d that tlt~n~um or
25 v~nadlum ~lt~ of th~ ~t~ly~s compon~nt are a~oclat~d
wlth the a~llity o~ the cataly~t to ~roduc~ product
polyole~in h~vlng a bro~d moloc~lar wRight dlstrLbution ~y
pxo~uo~n~ hl~h m~lt lnd~x, low mol~cul~r wel~ht polymer.
It l~ b~lioved thAt th~ ~rconium ~lt~ 13 a~oolated w~th
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a~dltlon to ~ broa~, ty~iaally ~lrnodal or other
mult~modal molo~ul~r weight ~i~tributlon.
The ca~aly~t component m~y be u~ed in
cariblnatio~ wlth an eff~ctive ~mount of any of a wlde
5 variety o~ aocataly~ an~, lf ~h~ ~ataly~'c contain~ a
van~Cllura compeund, an e4foG~iva amoun~ o~ ~ modl~ier.
Nodlfiers, ~ome~lme~ r~-rred to a~ "prorao~er~, ~n the
art, are typioally aho~on ~o~ thelr A~ ty ~o ina~ease
and main~ai~ the reaatlvity of vanadium ~tsly~t~, and
10 al80 affe~t mel~ ~n~lex ~nd melt 1ndex ratio (MIR), ~ h
i8 a me~sure of molecular weigh~ dist~utlon.
~ J~eful modifier~ inalude h~logon~ng agents
~uoh a~ tho~o of th-3 ~ormula M'~X~_, wharein M~ i~ Si, C,
~e or Sn tprefer~blY si or C, and mwt ~r~ferably C), X i~
15 halo~-n IPreferablY Cl or Br and mo~t pref-~bly ~1), i l~
O, 1, 2 or 3, on~ ~ io th- valence of ~ 8uah modlftero
are dl~alos~ ~n M~ro, ~t ~1. U. 8. ~atont No. 4,~B6,021
(5ep~emb r 12, 198~), the ~l w lo~ure of whlch lc
lncor~orat-~ horaln by r-ferenco. Mod~f~er~ o~ thi~ type
ZO lnclu~o chloro~orm, ~ar~on ~etraohlorlde, meth~l~n~
ohlorido, ~lahloro~ ne, trichloro~llano, d l~on
tetrachlor~d~, ~nd halogenated hydroc~rbons containing 1
to 6 c~bon a~om~ wuch as thoJo av~llable ~o~ E.I. DuPont
~- N~mour~ & Co. under tho trad~ d~cl~ation Fr~on ~o.g,,
25 Froon 11 and Fr~on 113).
B-chl, ot ~1. U.S. Patent No. 4,831,0gO (Nay lS,
1989), tho dlaclocuro of wh~ah io lncorpor~ted by
r~for~nco, ~l~clo--o ~overal cla~o~ o~ orga~ahalogen
compoun~ whlch arc u~aful A6 mod~fl0rO. ~h-~ inalu~e
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l Baehl, ~t al. U.S~ Paten~ No. 4,~31,0gO (M~y 1~,
lga9), the dl w lo~u~ of whl~h ~B ~naor~o~ate4 by
referenae, disclo~ everal ala~ea of organohalogen
eom~ound~ whlch ar~ u~oful a6 mod~f~er~. ~h~o lncluae
5 6aturated al$~h~tlc halc~ydroc~rban~, olefialoally
un~aturat~d all~ha~i~ haloh~dr w a~on~, acetyl~nl~ally
unsaturated aliphatle halohyd~oa~rbon~, ~rom~t1a
h~lohy~rocarbon6, and ol~lnically un~atura~e4 h~logenate4
earboxylatee.
Partioularly preferred m~d~fl~re are haloe~rbo~
compound~ of the formula R~kcX~_~ wh~r~in R- ~- hy~ogen
or an un~ub-itut~d or halo~on ~ubstituted sa~urated
hydroaar~on having ~ram 1 to 6 carbon atoma7 X 1~ halogen
an4 k 1~ O, ~ or ~. Ex Q le- o~ tho~ haloe~rbon
15 eompound~ include fluoro-, chloro-, or bromo-~ub~tltuted
oth~ne or m-th~n compound- ha~no ~t l~st two halogen~
~t~ohed to th~ cas~o~ ~tom. E~aia~ly ~r~erre~
promot-r- lnolud~ CCl~, CH~Cl~, CBr~, C~3CCl, t CF~ClCCl~,
with tho most ~peclally pref~rre~ bolng CHCl,
20 ~chlorofo~m), CFCl~ ~Fr-on 11) and CFCl,CCF~Cl (~reon
113). M~xtur~ of any o~ the~e mo~lfler~ m~y be used.
~ ot~on of modifier~ oan be ~ to ad~u~t
polymor propert~-~, 8o~eti~e~ at th~ ex~n~ ~f actlvity.
Prof~rre~ poly~r pr~pertles may b~ ob~aine~
25 wlth a oho~o~ mo~lf~-r at a ratlo o~ modlf~r to
tran~i~ion motal whioh 1~ a compr~ml~ to max~mum o~aly~t
Actlvlty. 5h- ~roauct molecular woigh~ d~tr~bution an~
ro~on~- o~ m d t ln~ x to tho pro~n¢o of h~ooon ars
tunabls by chol~ and oonoentr~tion of mo~fler.
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1Us~ul coca~aly~ts includ~ trlalXyl alumi~um
oompound~ ~e.g., t~iisobutylaluminum, T~A~, and
triethylaluminwm, ~AL), o~h~r a~kyl o~ ~lko~y ~m~ound~
of ~inc or metalo o~ Oroup~ IIA and ~IA of ~he Por~odlc
5 Table~ and tetraisobutyl dlalum~num oxid~ (TI~AO).
U~eful proportion~ o~ th~ co~ataly~t to the
~o~d aatalyst ~o~pon~nt r~nge up to about 200 mol~
co~atalyst per mole of ~rans~tlon met~il in ~he ~olld
ca~alyst compon~nt, with a preferre~ range of ~bout 15 to
10 about 20 mol~ he aa~ of TIBAL~ p~r mole o~ to~al
tran~l~ion ~etal ("TTM") in the ~olid c~taly~t aompone~t.
If a ~o61fl~r l~ use~, u~ to ~hout 40 o~ S0
mole~ modl~ier ~er mole TTM ln th~ 8~ oataly~t
component may be u~ed, with a preferred ~atlo of about 20
15 m~les modl~ler per mole 15M ~or re~c~i~lty r~aso~. More
thR~ 50 mole~ mo~lflor p~r mole T~M can b~ u~, but
~tlo~ above 50 molo~ modlf~r p~r mole ~TM pro~id~
lnouffio~en~ a~dltional k~nefit ~ ju~tlfy th~ ~d~cd oost
th~roo~. Tho pr~err~ ratio may vary wlth~n the ~ange o
20 abo~t 1 to about ~0 molo~ modi~lar ~ar ~ole TTM ~or
varlou~ ~e~l~lo cataly~t formulation~. !
W~th oi~he~ o~ th~ oocataly~t and modlfi~ I
r-tio~, however, departur~ frsm tho ~referred value~ I
reoult~ ~n ~mLnloed actlvlty and chan~ ln polyme~
~5 prop~rtle~ ., MI and MIR. ~ow the~ proyertiQ~ change
~ffer~ wlth ~ eren~ ~ataly~t aomponentJ of th~
lnv~ntion.
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1 ~ v ~o~. Polymer proportie~ may be tunod by v~rylng
coaat~ly~t and mod~Sier lQvel~, ~omotlme4 with a
comproml~o of aati~lty in order to ash1e~ doEi~d
proFerties.
~roduct polymor~ havlng MIR value~ varying over
a wl~e range (e.g~, about 35-300) and vary1ng MI ~alueB
aro obtaln~b~o acaording to th~ l~v~nt1on by ~u~lalou8
~lection of cat~ly~t for~ulat~ons.
T~e polym~r~ obtalned by the ~roce~ o~ the
10 inventlon m~y be homo~olymer~ of ethylen~ or 1-ol~f~ 0
copolymor~ Or l-olef~ne a~ ~ell a~ c~polymere o~ l-olef1n~
~nd ethylone. Exu~pl-~ of w e~ul l-ola~ln~ ~nalude ~ho~e
hav~ng 3 to 12 carbon ato~ uah a~ pro~yle~e, l-butene,
l-Fenteno, l-hexeno, l-octene, 1,3-bUt~d~nQ and ~jS-
15 hex~d~ene.
~ oro partlcul~rly, ~he inven~lve ca~ly~t ~y~t~mm~y bc u~ed to prep~re othylene ~omo~olym~ naludlng
~D~B havlng bro~d or multimodal mol~oular wei~h~
~l~tr~bution~ for appli~atlon6 ~uoh ~ u~e ~n tho high
20 mol~oular w~lght ~llm ~nd bl w molding~
5h- lnvontiv~ aataly~t ~y~t~m i~ ~uit~hl~ ~or
u~ ln ~l~rry r~ot~on oon~ition~, g~ pha~s, and s~lutlon
~olymor~atlon reaotlon ~ondition0. Polym~ri~a~on 1~
t~p~c~lly oa~rie~ ou~ at a temFeratu~ of 0 ~o 2~0C. and
25 f~m ~tmo~phorlo pre~uro to 30,000 p~
5h- p~-onc~ oS hy~rog~n ~n the reaatlon mixtur~
genorally has a no~ativ~ o~fect on aativi~y b~t lt~ ~
p~ wa- may b~ ut~ o~ to oo~trol ~oly~er molecular
w i~ht. Varlou~ form~ of th~ ln~ntivo cataly~t Inr8'Ce~l
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~re 1~8~00ially ~n~ltlve ~o the ~resonc~e of hy~rogen- ~t
i~ boli~r~ that cataly~t ~yetn~ ~th an "lmprov~`'
hy~rogcn re~onae re~ult ~rom the add~tlon of a ~ a~l~
and/or an l~latlng agent ~uch a~ D~AC or trl~lkyl
5 alulninum ~cle~ in c~taly~t preparatlPn~
~ he in~rentlon allow~ the u~o o~ a ~ingle r~actor
to produc~ polym ~ havin~ ~ broad or mul~imo~al molecular
wel~h~ dl~t~but~on, thu~ erl~g ~ap~tal co~t~ ~nd
allowlns~ the U8e of ~i~li~led oon~rol ~y~t~m~ relat~ve to
10 multiple reactor sy~tems.
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The praet1c~ of the inv~nt~on will be lllustrated Py
referonoe to th~ ~ol~owing ~peei~le ex~mpl~, whl~h are
not to ~o under~tood to limlt the 8~0p~ 0~ th~ ~nvention-
A 60ri~s of ~oll~ eataly~t component~, ~e~lgna~ed
herein as "Cat-ly~t~ A-L" wer- ~repar-d and tes~ed wl~h
8ul~bl- coeataly~t~ ~an~ wl~h modifior~ (p~e~ot~r~) Eor
vanadium-aontalntng eatA~y~t~) ~n ~he homopolymerizatlon
o~ ethyleno to p~dua~ ht~h d~n~ity polya~hylene ~HDPE)
0 an~, in the ea~ of Cataly~t K, e~olym~ri~tlon of
ethyl~e wlth l-buten~ ln a~ltion ~o ho~o~olyme~i~atlon.
atalYst Pre~ra~ion Proeedure
All aa~ly-t preeur60rJ an~ eatalyg~ were hAndl~d
utill~ing stan~ard Sohl-nk and glov~box t~e~n~qu~s~
Tetr~kl~ ~n-pro~oxy) ~lreonlum, vanAd~um
tetrAohlo~ide, and VAnAdyl ehlorlde wera u~ed w~thout
~u~i~iaation. ~o m~ni~i~o ~ecompo-~tion, tho ~C~
oyllnder waJ ato~ed at -2$~ and O.S M ~tock ~olution~ ~n
h~pt~no w~ toro~ at O-C~ ~ana~yl chlorl~a w~ al~o
20 ur-~ ln the ~orm o~ ~lut~d ~eptan- ~olutlon~ pt4D~
wa~ purl~le~ ~y sparglng wlth ~ry, oxyy~n fre~ n~rogen
and pa~ge over 13X L~nd~ mol~aula~ ~lev~. Sillcon
tot~-a~lorido wa~ u-a~ ~ r~aeiY~d fro~ the ~aur~e~
~hloroform wa~ deg~r~od w~th nltro~n and allowod to ~et
Z5 at loa-t 24 hr~. ovor Llnde 13X mol~oular ~i~va~ prlor to
belng ~lluto~ wlth h-ptano. Fr~on 1~ and ~on 113 w~re
~r~at~d ~lmil4rly.
5h~ ~luminum ~lkyl~, ~lothylal~mlnum chlori~e (DBAC),
~thyl-luml~um ~hlQrl~o (EAD~, ~thyl~lu~i~u~
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1 ~esguichlorl~ (EA~C), trii60butylalu~1num ~TI~AL), and
~ri-n-hexyl~lumlnum ~TNHAL), were ~urch~ed as non-
pyrop~orio heptan~ ~olution~ ~nd u~ed a~ r~celv~d.
Cataly~t~ A-D, Hr and L we~e pr~p~red acoording to
5 the ~ollowing generalize~ procedur~, with complete detail~
giv~n ln Table I. A~ Stap 1, ~hle ~upport material ~a~
pr~pared a~ ~et ~orth below, an~ then ~ur~ea ~n hoptane
~Step 2). Thereafter, a zlrconium alkoxl~e wa~ added to
th~ mixt~re (~tep 3~. Aft~r ~tirrln~ for the de~nated
10 tlme~ a~d tem~ratur~, a Lewi~ acid ~ ad~ed to complQX
th~ al¢ohol and in some oa~e8 prevlde halid~ Hx~hAnge wlth
the zir¢onlum ~lte (~ep 4). Dur~n~ th1s ~t~p, I
a~roprlate tim~ an~ temp~ratu~ w~re ~l~o obse~ve~. i
Aft-r St~p 4, the mlxture~ wer~ f~ltered eeveral tlme- to
~5 remov~ und~lrable soluble ~peclo~ ~tep 5~, an~ ~he
v~nadlum aomponent w~ added t5to~ 6)~ Th~ ~xtu~as ware
th~n ~tlrred ~or a ~u~t~bl~ p~rlod and a ~ol~ ~o~onent
recovered by devolatlll~atlon at lOO'C und~r a streum ~f
n~trogon ~ Step 7 ) .
~0 ~DDo~t Materl~l P~evar~tio~
The ~tllca cataly~t ~u~porte Davi~o~ 952 and Dsvison
948 ~ a ~rom W~R. Grao~, and ~tap~l A taluml~ from
Vl~ta Chomlaal) wer~ drte~ and ~artlally d~hy~roxylated by
heatln~ ln a quartz, ~l~ldlzed bed with a dry, oxygen-fr~e
25 nltro~en ~trea~, a~ follow~.
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Abou~ 25 g of ~vi~on s4B or 95~ ~illca wa~ charged
to a gua~tz ~olumn and nitrogen wa~ pasæed throu~h the
aolumn at ~ rata Juf~lclent to ~luldl~e t~e ~ a. The
5 ~emperature o~ the aolumn was inar~a~d from 25~ ~o 300C
over 4 hour~, h ld at 300~C ~o~ 1~ hOUrB, an~ the~
~ocreas~d to 2SC ovor 4 hourJ- Tho ~illc~ W~B ~celved
using ~tan~ard alrle~ technlqu~ an~ tr~n~rre~ to a
glove~ox.
10 CataD~l A Alum~na ~$00c3
About 25 g of the alumlna W~B char~ed to ~he ~uart~
co~umn and nitro~en pa~ed throush ~he aolumn at a rate
~u~ioiont to fluldi~o the alumina. The temp~r~ture of
the aolumn wa~ inarea~ed ~om 25~C to 150~C over 2 h~ur~
15 an~ held at lSO~C for 2 hour~ Th~ temp~r~ure w~ then
~no~-a~e~ from 150-C to 500C o~rer 4 hour~ held at
500~C for 10 hour~ e tn~eratur~ wa~ then dear~ac~d to
25~C ov~ ~ hours. ~- alumina wa~ rocovered ~na stor~
1D the glovebox.
Th~ ~on~ulatlon-, includtng ~reparatlon ~nd
proce~ 'ces~ for C~aly~t~ A-D, ~ and L ~ e~ ~orth
ln ~a~la I, below............................................. Il
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~ataly~ts E-G ana I-~C wero p~eparea a~ followa.
atal~ t
In tne gloveDox, ~.ou~ g or ~avl~on :~o C;~l'lC~
(300C) wa~ transferred into a Schl~nk ~ X e~ wl~cn
5 a mechanioal ~Itirrer. The S~hlenk ~ k wa~ ~ran~por~od
~o the ~chle~k llne and ~bou~ 50 ml o~ heptaAe ad,~d to
sl~rry the ~ a. U~ing a syr~n~e, 1.5 r~l o~
Yr~OBu) ~ :BuOh t 1 7~ , 3 . 80 nmn1Pfll l~ A ~Aded t~ the
~tl~xed slurry. ~rhe fla~k was then imm ~Qa ln an o~l bath
10 and heAte~d to 60C ior ao m~n. Aft~r removing the fls~k
from tho oil b~lth, 4.1 ml o~ neat S~ (6.13 g, 36.1
~nol~) was addo~ to th~ fla~k ~y syrlnge. ~ur~ng the
~llane ad,~ltons, a ~llght yellowtn~ os tn~ lon wa~
o~erved. Tne ~la~K wa~ return~d ~o ~ho ~0~ b~th ~nd
15 m~lntalned for 115 mln. The fla~k w~- n ~ct Fen~red ~rom
the bath n~ g~4 ml o~ D.7~ M TN~A~ (1.07 ~, 3.al mmole~)
wa~ ed to the ~ti~r~d ~lurry At reom tur~rat~re. Ihe
solor changot ~ram whlte to r-d-br~4m wlthin ~i~Q m1nUt.eE~
and 'ch-n to brown. A~t~ ~t~rrlnSI a roor~ t~eratur~ for
20 65 mi~l, the mlxture wa~ terod and w~h~ wltn n~ptano
t~l. 'rh~ w t ~oli~ wa8 allowed to ~t for 16 houro And
'chon alu~ri-~ ag~n 1n a~out S0 ml heFt~ne. By ~y~lnge,
14.4 ml of O.S M ~ol~ ln he~p~an~ tl.39 S~, 7~ mmO161i) wa~
a~l to th~ ~t~rre~ ~lu~ry. q~h~ r~lult~n~ r~t-bs~own
Z5 m~xturo wa~ ~tlrr~a ~t room t~ r~u;ce ~ar YU m~n ~nu
th-n ~h~t ~a~m ov-rn~ght. Tno s~ wa~ lntne~s~ ln Hn
oll ba'ch and h~t~ ~GO ~ hL un~lor ~ n~t;cog~ p~u~yq~ L;~
r~ov the vol~tllas. In tho d~y box, 5.104 g of a aar~c
gr~y-brown ~ol~d wa8 rocovered.
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'~ Cataly~t F
In the gl~v~ox, ~ g oS L~avl~on ~48 ~ c~
(300C) wa~ a~dod ~e a 5ahlenk fla~k equiFped w~th a
mechan~cal stlrror. q~e ~las~ wa~ resnov~d to a SahlenJ~
5 l~ne and the ~ a slurrled in about 50 ml of h~ptane.
Wh~le ~tlrrln~ at roan tem~ra~ure, 1.3~ ml (~.4~ g, 3.17
~olea) of noat 2r(0}~u)~, ~uOH wa~ ad~le~ by ~yrlngo to
the ~lurry. Tho flask wa~ rg~d ln ~n oil ba~h a~d
hoate~ to 60C for 40 ~nln. After r~movin~ the fla~X from
10 th~ oil bath, 4~70 ml o~ 3.3~ M ~APC ~2.01 g, 15.8
mmole~) wa~ added to the ~tirred ~lurry. ~h~ flask wa~
r-turnea to the 60-C bath and malnt~in~2d for 55 m~n. 'Fne
flask w~ then ~kov~d ~rom ~h~ ba~h ~ filter~d and
wa~he~ 3 tim ~ w~th about 50 ml of h~ptane. Af~er ~ha
ï5 flnal wa~, a~ut 50 ml o~ h~ptane wa~ a~e~ to ~lur~y the
~o~onent~ an~ a.97 ml of 0.706 M ~E~$ (1.79 g, 6~33
mmole~) was a~e~ ~y ~yrtn~ ~nlxturo ~u~n~ red-
b~own lmmed~at~ly and thon to a brown-bla~X colo~. Aftar
~tl~rlng at room ~mp-ratur~ for 40 mln, a blaok ~olut~Qn
20 w~ ob~erv~d abov~l tho bla~k ~oll~ ho ~la~k wa~ th~n
plaoo~ in tho 60-C bath and malnta~n~d ~or ~0 min. After
removlng th~ f~a~k to room ten~ratu~, 5.33 ml o~ 0.5 M
VCl~, ln hoptan~ (0.610 g, 3.165 nlmolo~) was a~l~d ~o ~he
Jlurry by ~y~lnge. Th- mixture we~ ~tirre~ at ~oom
25 tr~atur~ ~or 55 Inin. and allow~ to ~ tlrred ~or
16 hour~ latlloJ w~r- nox~ r~mov~ by h~ating to
lOO-C wlth a nltrog~n s~-am pa~lllns~ tnrough the ~la~k.
4.30 g d a bro~m wlid wa- r~aove~
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In the glovebox, 3~47 g of D~vl~on 9S2 ~llic~ (300C)
wa~ ad~ed to ~ Schlenk fla~k ~ ui~p~d wlth a m~ch~nical
stlrrer. The fla8X wa- removed to the~ 8chlenk llna and
5 hbOUt. 50 ml o~ he~tane wa~l a~et, ~ ~yringe, 1.32 ml of
neat ZrlOPr)~ P~ .45 g, 3~47 ~nole~) w~s ~ d to
th~ slurry and th~ 'c~eratura w~ incre~ed ~o 60^~.
After ma~ntalnln5~ 60-~ ~or 105 m~.n., 3.ga ml. o~ n~ iC~,
~5.90 S~, 34.7 mmole~) wa~ add~d by ~yr~n~ to th~ mixture.
10 ~rh~ t~n~rature wa- m~nt~ln~d at 60C fo~ 120 min
follow~ the add~t~on. The fla~k WA~ th~n r~mov~d ~rom
th~ oll bath an~l the mixture wal~ filt~trGd and ~hed with
heptasl~ twlce. About 50 ml he~t~na w~ a~d~ to ~lursy
th J~li~ follow~d ~y the addition of ~.47 ml (0.428 ~,
15 3.47 n~nole-) Or 1 M die~yl ~n~ IDi3Z)- No oolo~ ahange
wa~ rvoD, ~t th~a ~olnt. ~i~ mixturæ wa~ ~tlrred ~t
2SDC. for 16 nour~. sy ~yr~n~a, l~.Y ml 0
h-ptane 11.34 g, 6.95 mmol~) wa~ add~d to the slurry a~
25-. t~ color chang d from of~-wh~-t~ toyellow ~nd
20 fln~lly to darlc brown. ~ lxture wa~ ~tlrrad at ~5-C
for 5 hourJ and then d~volatill~d at 100C under a
nlt~o~on rtrea~ cov~ry yield~ 5.28 g of a fr~
~lowlng ~urple-brown solld.
C~ 1V~- T
Into a nltrog~n ~ur~d fla4X were ~rzln~errcd 3.203 9
oS Dav~-on 948 J~l~ca dri~d at 300C for 13 Sou~ he
CA War lurrlsd in S0 ml h~taAo and l.llO g ~3.l4 ~)
of ~r~O~lu~BuO~ a~4~a~ ~n~ ca~al.y~ wa~ ro~ /~t
~O-C fu~ 3~ mlrULb~ n tho ~1A--h uaL-- romll~o~ ~Lum ~-~
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1 oll bath an~ 3.67 ml of neat SlCl. w-re a~ad and ~tlrred
7UL' U~ ~U ~ ;ai~ . W~ ;~2~æ ~ ra~
t~me w~th 100 ml he~tane an~ flltered a~7aln. qho ~olids
wer~ ro~lurrio~ ln hept~n~ and 8.~ ml. of 0.73 ~ MG(Bu)z
5 was added and ~tirred ~t 2SC for 20 mlnut~ th~n 0.7 ml~.
of T~Cl. woro addod. Tho oatalyat was then ~ red for
110 mlnute~ at 2~-C. The c~talyEt w~ filt~r~d ~nd d~ied
w~th a ~ purge at 25-c. The ~at~ly~t w~ ~ red ~ol~.
cata~y~t J
Into a n~trogen pur~ed fla6k wa~ introduaod 3.04Z g
o~ Davl~on 548 ~lllc~ dr~ed at 300-C ~or 12 ho~r~. Noxt
1.467 g of tet~o~en~yl~lrconlum wa~ ~d~e~ followe~ by 50
~1 tolu~n~. (Thc tetora~nzylzir~onlum was prepar~ from
Z~Cl~ an~ c.~ca"M~cl ucln~ m~tho~ deoc~i~ ln J.
15 Organomot~ a Ch~m. 2~,357 1197~.~). The reactlon mixture
wa~ ~cirrd 2 hour~ at roan t~n~ratur~. ~!he ~ nt wa~
r~mov~ under vacuum to y~cld a llC~h~ gold~m-yellow ~olid,
and r-plaoed ~ 50 ml of he~tane. q~h~n 12.Z ml o a o.~ M
h-pti~O aOlUt~On 0~: VCl~ w-r~ aaaea ana ~irr~ rocm
2~ t~raturo ~o~ 2~5 hour-. ~ho flaJlc w~ pla~d ~n an o~l
bath at ~bout llODC and the ~olvo~ was ra~ov~d with a
rtr~m o~ N,. rhe oataly~t wa~ a fr-e-flowing ~ur~e
~olld.
Ca~AlY~t K
Z5 Into a nitro~ ~ pu~g~ flask wae ~t~luc~ 3~23 g o$
Davl~on 948 ~ oil ~r~d 6 hourl~ a~ ~00~ follow~d ~ 50
ml heptan . N-xt, 0.7 ml (o.5 mM~g 910,~) o~ ~R~OBu)~ wa~
a~ an~ tnon ~carr-a 1~ mlnu~o~ a~ ~u~ no ~ao~
mlxturo WA~ oool~ to roo~ temp-r~turo ana lU~ ml o~ a
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1 1.541 M solut~on o~ D~AC wore addod. q~e fla~k wa~ pla~ed
ln an oll bsth and he~tl~d at 50~C for 30 mi~ute~
reaction mixture w-~ then ~lltored and wash~d 4 t~me~ wlth
50 ml of hept~ne. Thc c~talys~ wa~ lurrie~ ln heptane
5 and 6.46 ml of a 0.5M eolut~on of VOCl~ w~re added~ The
reaction mlxtur~ wa~ stlrred 1 hou~: at ~oom ten~erature.
The flask wa8 ~lac~d ln an oil ~a~h ~t lC5~C and th~
~olven~ was ~emov~d w~th a nltro~en purge. ~rhe flnal
ca~aly~t wa- a lav~nd~r free-~low~ng powd~r.
1~ T~ble II, ~low, sur~mar~os th~ elnental
oompo~tioml, r~p~ctlvely, of Cataly~t~ A-~ ant!l L.
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~ thylene polymerleatlon~ wQr~ oon~!l~tad in a l-lite~
reactor or ~ 2-lit~r ~eaotor, a~ ~peaif~0d, at 100C and a
total p~e~ure of 500 p~lg. Cooat~ly~t ~IBAL sxc~t ln
5 on~ ~J~ wh-rl3 TEA~ w~s u~d) wa~ add~d dir~otly to the
hot r~actor by ~yr~nge an~ thon i~obu~ne w~ added ~rom a
mea~u2ed sl~ht gla~s. ~ydrogen wa~ added to the xea~t~r
by mea~urlng a pro~suro drop from a 41;ainl~ teal
ve~el. The reat~or prassuro ~a~ then rai~d to run
10 con~ltlon~ ~y t~ additlon of ethy~n-. 8O11~ cataly~t
~nd ~romotor (~hlorofo~m, CHC~, exc:e~t where ~ndicat~
we~e eaoh ad~!l to a stalnle~s ~tell vesa~l and ln~ected
~nto the reactor o.t run cc~nd~tion~ ~y high preoou~e
nltrogen. ~thylene wa~ ~uppl~ed on homu~ du~ the
15 course of a typical 60 minute Po~ sxizatton. At the end
of th~ rur~, ~olymerl~ation wa~ t~rmlna~ed by r~lisving the
pr-~sure ~rom t~ ~eactor ~nd e~ther o~ni~ th~ l-lLtor
re~otor to r~aover the ~olymer or v~n~ing tho aonten'c~ of
the 2-lltor reaator throus~h a bott~m du~ valve ~o ~ c~tch
20 pot. ~he ~cov-r~ ~olymer wa~ ~t~ od ~y th~ add~tion
o~ a 1 wt~ ~olution of bu~cyla~d hy~ro~toluene ~BHT).
The melt ind~c and high load m~lt ln~ex o~ p~odu~t polymer
were ~t~ n acco~ance wi~h A~ 3~, Cond~tioP.
l9~/Z .16 an~ 1~0~21. 60, re~pectivellt.
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1 Ob~orv~tions
CatalY~t A
C~talyat A 19 a vanad~um-contalnlng oataly~t an~
exempl~iss the w o of EADC a~ a Lewi~ aoid. A comp~rieon
5 of run~ 1 and 2 demon-tr~t-~ th~ ~foc~ of th~ hydro~en
conoentrat~on ln th~ reaator. Ao hydrog~n ~onc~ntr~tion
~ncrea-~, M$ ~nd ~MS ~oth inar~ ow~ve~, a~ti~ltY
an~ MIR ~ecrea~e.
A compari w n o~ ~un~ 1 and 3 show~ the ~ffect of ~he
aml8~10n of ~ ~romotor wlth thi~ vanadiu~-aontalnln~
aatalyet. Wlthout th~ ahloroform promoter, ~ctivity, ~I,
and H~MI all d ~r-~e, whllc the MIR lnorea~e~.
Cataly~t D
i
C~taly~t D i~ a va~adium-c~ntainln~ ~ataly~
1~ utilizing D~AC aa ~ ~awi~ ac1d. Runs ~ and 13 domonstra~e
~iferenco ro-ultin~ from th u4e of d~ff~ront mcdifiore
at tho aamo r~tio with r--peat to tran~l~lon motal. Run
13, w~lah u~e~ Freon 11 a~ a modlflor, r-Jult~ ln ~ hlgher
m~lt ln~ex at oqulvalont activit~ ~ compar~d to the u-~ I
20 of chloroform~ Howov~r, the low~r M~R obtained with run
13 d-mon-tr~t-- that tho u~e of Pr~on 11 pro~l~e~ a
narrowor molocul~r welght distrib~tlon than doei~
ohlo~ofon~. j
A oomp~rl-on o~ run- 6 and 7 d~monatrato- th re~ul~ i
Z5 obt~lne~ u-lng ~lffe~ent ~atio- o~ chloroform a~ a
modlfior. In t~ e~, u~o of ~ hlgh~ r~tlo fo
mo~lfl~r w~th ro-poat ~o total tr~n~ on motal p~ovid~s
bro~or molooula$ w~lght diatri~utlon, but at the expe~se
of lowor act~v~ty.
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7 Run 8 l~ an oxampl~ o$ w e of Catalys~ ~ wl~hout a
modif~er, re~ulting ln fi drop o~ activity ~nd narrowlng of
molecular weloht dletr~but~on.
Run~ g-l~ dsmonst~ate ~he re~ults o~tain~d wh~n
5 varying the hy~rogen ~onc~ntratlon. Wlth ~hls catalyst a
hl~he~ hydro~en concontration give~ nar~ower mcleaular
welght ~lstrlbution and lower a~tiYi~y.
Cat~lyst B i9 an ~xa~pl e of a vanaldium-conta~n~ n~
10 cataly~t u~lng ~SC a~ a Lewl~ acid. A aomparlson of
Cataly~t B (run 4) wlth ~Ataly~t D (rur~ 6) d~mon~t~ates
that Catalyst B ~rov~de- lowqr ~ti~lty ~t broader
molecular weight dl~tribution ll.~., hlghe~ nd a
w~lter M~ r-~pon~e to hy~rogen).
15 Catalv~t C v. Cata~ t D '~
Cat~ly~c C 1~ an exAmple of A ~ataly~ u~nU 5iCl~ a~
a L~wl~ ld. A ao~par~on o~ Catalyl~t C (r~n ~) w1th
Cataly-t D ~run 6) ~amonstrate a broader mole~ular w~l~ht
dlotrlbu~ion (1.~, high~ MIR) a~d weaXQ~ MI rQ~on~e to
20 hydro~n co~en~r~tlon ~ith Cat~ly~t C~
Catalv~t B v. CatalY~t D
Cat~ly~ an xample o~ a van~lu~-aont~nin~
c~taly~t u~lng ~dditlon-l optlonal ~t~ (i.e., ~he use of
an addltlonal roducln~ sgent, TNHAL) and SiCl~ a~ tho
25 Lawi~ acid.
A com~arl~on o~ Cataly~t ~ ~run 14) wt~h C~aly~t D
lrun 6) demon~tr~t~ ~lmllar aatlvlty w~h a mNch ~ro~er
wolght di~rlbut~o~ ., h~gh ~ MI~) ~n~ a w~akor Ml
r~pon~ to hy~ro~on aoncontratlon wlth C~talyat E.
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1 9~.L~
Catalyst F ia ~imilar to Catalyst ~ but utlll2e~ EADC
a~ a Lewls acld ~n plac~ of SlCl~. h aomparl~on o~
Catal~t F (run 15) wlth Cat~lygt E (run 14) ~smonstrstee
a ~tronger MI respon~e to hydrogen conoentr~tion, and
lowor aotivlty with CAtaly~t ~ The molocular wei~ht
~i~tri~utions ll-e., MIR) obtalned wi~ ~a~h o~ Cat~ly~t
and F aro ~pproxlmatoly oguival~nt.
Catalv~t~ F an~ F v. Catal~st
Cataly~t G 1~ an ~xampl~ o~ a vana~ium-contAlnln~
cataly~t ut~ ln~ si~l~ a~ a Lewl~ sold and an ~p~ion~l
addttion~l r~ucin~ (alkylat~n~ agnnt~ ., dlothyl ~lnc.
A comparl-on of aatalyst G lrun 16) wlth Cataly~ B trun
14) and Cataly~ F ~sun 15) aomon-~r~J that whil6
15 Cata~y~t ~ provldo~ lower activit~ an~ a narrowe~
molecular w~ght ~trikut~on (l.e., lower ~IR) than
Cataly~t- B and F, the MI ro~pon~e to hy~rogon of Ca~aly~t
O ~ ~trongor than tha~ o~ Cataly~t ~ ~n~ ~ub~an~i~lly
e~ulvalont to that o~ Catalyst F.
~0 Catal~-t ~ ¦
Cataly~t H dlff~r~ from Cat~ly~t D in that it ~eB
VOCL~ ar ~ oa~aly~t-~ormlng reactant ~ath~r t~an VCl~. A
oomp~ on o~ Cataly~t H (run 173 with Cataly~ D ~un 6)
~omon~trato~ tha~ Cataly~t ~ provide~ high~r ~CtlVtty ana
25 narrowor mol~ular w-ight ~istrlbu~ion (lower MIR) than
Cataly~t D .
~t~lY~t I
Cataly~t ~ 1~ a tltanlum-c~ntaining cataly~
utlll~n~ ~ dLalkyl magn~lum oompGund a~ sn al~yl~tln~
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1 agent. Thi~ cataly~t demonstrata~ v~y hlgh ~ctivitY, an
e~cell~nt M~ res~on~e ~o hydrogen con~ontratl~, an~
r~la~ively na~row mol~oular we~ght di~trlbutlon.
~atalvg~ J
Cataly~t J utlll~e~ te~r~ben~ylsiraon~um and
d-monat~ate~ ~ba~ optional aataly~t-~orming ~te~ ar~ no~
requlred. ~un~ 21-2S ~resent a ~tudy of th~ effe~t o~
hydro~en oono~ntration whiah lndloa~es th~t thl~ cataly~t
sy~tem exhlblt~ goo~ NI ro~pon~c to hydrooen
10 concentratlon, Tho a¢itvlty of thi~ aataly~t 1~ ~lmilar
to othor~ In th~ MI ~any~ of 0.1 to 3.5. At higher MIs,
however, the activlty d~orea~s. ~Se~ Run 25.)
C~ t
Thl~ cataly~t 1~ an ~xampl~ of the uae of low~r molar
15 ratlo~ of ~iroonlum an~ vanadium with rQ~pee~ to the
~ilioa ~upyort, ~ w ll ~ var~at~on ln the ~roon~um to
v~na~lum r~tio. A com~ari~on of run~ 26 and 27
d~mon~trat a dll~-r-nco of r-~lt~ from tho u~o o~
dl~-rant ooaat~ly-t~ tl.e., T~AL in run Z6 and TIKA~ ln
20 run 27). W~th th~ cataly~t, TI~AL p~ovide~ hlgher
ac~lv1ty, and both cataly~t~ prov~o ~lmllar mole~ula~
w 1ght d~-t~butlon~ an~ MI re~pon~e to hydrogen
aoncontra~lon.
A aomparl w n o~ ru~ 27 and 28 ~emon~tratRs the
~5 d~er~no-o obtaln~ w~t~ dlfforent le~ol~ o~ oo~taly~t
an~ modl~ler. Run 27 demon~tr4t-d h~her a~tlvlty,
narrowor mol-oula~ w~i~ht ~l~tributlon, and b~tt~r
~-~pon~- to hydro~n conc~ntration th~n run 2a~
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1 ~un~ 29 and 30 ~Qmonstr~t~ copolym~rizat~on of
ethyleno w~th l-butono. In run 30, a bett~r MI respqnse
to hydro~on conoentrat~on and na~rowor molocula~ w~lgh~
di~tr~bution wer~ ob~orv~ thu8 in Run 29. ~un 2~
5 provld~d ~ co~olymor praduat h~v1~g a ~on~lty o~ ~b~t
0.960~/ml, and run 30 provlde~ a produat h~ving a den~lty
o~ ~bout 0.945g/ml.
Catalv~t L
C-t~ly~t ~ ~omon~trato~ ~he u~o of alumina a~ a
10 u~oful ~uFport mat-rl~l in ~ van~dlum-aontaining o~taly6t.
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